Ignite investment opportunity opens for South West startups

Find out more about the Ignite investment and support programme at Bristol's Engine Shed this Tuesday 15 August

14th August 2017

Ignite, Europe’s largest distributed startup support and investment network, is on tour and landing in Bristol’s tech hub Engine Shed this Tuesday 15 August following a recent announcement that applications are now open to companies from the South West and Wales.

“It’s encouraging to see Ignite’s arrival, alongside several other programmes and facilities”

The accelerator provides cash investment, alongside a programme of support designed for startups with a minimum viable product or version 1 looking to find product or market fit. Having recently updated the programme to Ignite 2.0, making it a distributed across the country and with a rolling monthly intake, there are now even more opportunities for startups to gain support.

Keen to answer questions, the team will be around during the Engine Shed’s working hours so that companies can pop in and learn more about what Ignite offers in addition to receiving advice on funding, hiring, scaling, or anything startup related.

Commenting on this new investment opportunity, local tech investor and entrepreneur Andrew Mulvenna (pictured left) says: “The South West has a strong engineering heritage, from Brunel to Dyson and our universities produce world class research. However, the ecosystem to commercialise the region’s spin-outs and startups is lacking.

“Accelerators help fill this gap, so it’s encouraging to see Ignite’s arrival, alongside several other programmes and facilities, such as Future Space, QTEC, UnitDX and Oracle.

Involved in the tech community since her first meetup back in 2013, Alice came on board as TechSPARK's Assistant Editor in 2014 and was promoted to Editor in 2018. She loves a good tech conference and has covered both local and international events over the years. She is also a sucker for anything that uses tech to do good in the world.
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